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Our Lady of Grace and St Teresa of Avila Catholic Church
Christmas Mass Times
PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS
Confessions in Our Lady of Grace Church
The best way to prepare for Christmas is to spiritually prepare ourselves – by going to Confession.
Saturday 13 December 11am - 12 noon
Saturday 20 December 11am - 12noon
Awake London: Advent Recollection Day
Sat 20 Dec: 12.45am – 4.45pm (Mass at 1pm)
At Christ the King 455 Chingford Rd E4 8SP
With Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions.
Divine Mercy Advent Recollection Day
Saturday 20 December from 1 pm - 4:30 pm
At St Mary Mother of God, 213 Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch RM12 4TF
To include Confessions, teachings on the Message of Divine Mercy, Stations of the Cross, Mass, Adoration & Benediction.
Monday 22 December 8pm
A traditional Carol Service with Scripture Readings.
We are invited to join our friends in Ss Peter & Paul CoE Church across Station Road. All welcome.
MASSES AT CHRISTMAS
Our Lady of Grace, Chingford
Christmas Eve – Wed 24 December
6pm Vigil Mass for Christmas
10pm Night Mass
Christmas Day – Thursday 25 December
8.30am Christmas Day Mass
10.30am Christmas Day Mass
No Evening Mass here on Christmas Day
Churches
1 Kings Road, Chingford, London, E4 7HP
People
Parish Priest
Contact
| Correspondence Address | Our Lady Of Grace And St Teresa Of Avila Presbytery 1 Kings Road Chingford London E4 7HP |
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| Phone | 020 8529 1804 |
| Click here to email Our Lady of Grace and St Teresa of Avila Catholic Church | |
 www.catholicchingford.org.uk |
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Nearest Catholic Schools
St Mary`s, Station Road, Chingford, LONDON, E4 7BJ, UK
Nearest Catholic Parishes/Churches
St Thomas Of Canterbury Church, 557-559 High Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0RB, UK
Christ The King Church, 455 Chingford Road, Chingford, London, E4 8SP, UK
Church Of Mary Mother Of God Church, 192 Nags Head Road, Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7AR, UK
St Anne Line Church, 7 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London, E18 2JR, UK
The Most Precious Blood And St Edmund Church, 115 Hertford Road, Edmonton, London, N9 7EN, UK
Nearest Schools and Churches are calculated `as the crow flies` and may not be the closest or easiest when travelling.
Catholic Groups/Organisations/Religious Orders
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About Our Lady of Grace and St Teresa of Avila Catholic Church
Bishops' Conference: Bishops` Conference of England and Wales (Cymru)
Diocese: Diocese of Brentwood
Deanery: Waltham Forest
Parish of Our Lady Of Grace And St Teresa Of Avila in Chingford, London (Diocese of Brentwood)
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Dates: 1919
Useful Definitions of the Structures in the Catholic Church
What is a Catholic Bishops' Conference?
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. ... Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference (Wikipedia).
What is an Archdiocese?
Dioceses ruled by an archbishop are commonly referred to as archdioceses; most are metropolitan sees, being placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province. A few are suffragans of a metropolitan see or are directly subject to the Holy See.
The term 'archdiocese' is not found in Canon Law, with the terms "diocese" and "episcopal see" being applicable to the area under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of any bishop.[8] If the title of archbishop is granted on personal grounds to a diocesan bishop, his diocese does not thereby become an archdiocese (Wikipedia).
What is a Diocese?
The group of churches that a bishop supervises is known as a diocese. Typically, a diocese is divided into parishes that are each overseen by a priest.
The original dioceses, in ancient Rome, were political rather than religious. Rome was divided into dioceses, each of which was made up of many provinces. After Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th century, the term gradually came to refer to religious districts. The Catholic Church has almost 3,000 dioceses. The Greek root of diocese is dioikesis, "government, administration, or province." (Vocabulary.com).
As of April 2020, in the Catholic Church there are 2,898 regular dioceses: 1 papal see, 649 archdioceses (including 9 patriarchates, 4 major archdioceses, 560 metropolitan archdioceses, 76 single archdioceses) (Wikipedia).
What is the difference between a Diocese and an Archdiocese?
Each diocese is within a Province - a group of Dioceses - the Archdiocese is the main Diocese within that Diocese. The bishop of that Archdiocese is therefore automatically an Archbishop. If a bishop has been made an Archbishop personally is referred to as an Archbishop but it does not make their Diocese an Archdiocese.
What is a Deanery?
A subdivision of a diocese, consisting of a number parishes, over which presides a dean appointed by a bishop. The duty of the dean is to watch over the clergy of the deanery, to see that they fulfill the orders of the bishop, and observe the liturgical and canon laws. He summons the conference of the deanery and presides at it. Periodically he makes a report to the bishop on conditions in the deanery.www.catholicculture.org
What is a Parish?
In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish (Latin: parochia) is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: parochus), under the authority of the diocesan bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515–552, entitled "Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars." Wikipedia
